Let us
be quite clear. Being godly is not
natural. It was once, but after that
whole incident in the garden with Adam and Eve, things changed. We may like to think that we are good people,
but if we want to have any hope of that being true, we have some work to do.
The
most natural thing in the world for me is to do what I want to do. That is my default mode of living. I have to make a conscious effort to not eat
that fifth slice of pizza or to go to bed instead of watching a movie I have
already seen countless times. The same
is true in my training for godliness. I
must choose each morning to read Scripture before preparing for my day. I must choose to go to church, even when I do
not feel like it. I must choose to give
of my time and my money to serve the purposes of God.
What
is your training regimen? Is the reading
of Scripture a part of your daily life?
Do words of praise regularly come to your lips? What would a look at your checkbook and
calendar reveal about your life? No
matter where we are in our training for godliness, we must keep up the good
work. If we truly love our Lord, we will
want to be like Him, and that takes work.
Father,
thank You for Your grace for the times when I grow slack in my training to be
like You. Keep me on the right path,
that one day You may say of me as You did Jesus, “This is my beloved child in
whom I am well pleased.” In the name of
my Lord, Jesus, I pray. Amen. Copyright © 2012 by Steven R. Perkins
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